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Transitioning from Zoloft to Prozac
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Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD), bipolar disorder, dementia, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic, personality disorders, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia, stress, transitions, and work problems.
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Transitioning from Zoloft to Prozac
by pacose, Aug 26, 2004 12:00AM
I have been on Zoloft for over 7 years, at various doses, as high as 200 for several years. In the last 4 weeks, I have been at 75 mg, because I was started on Lithium.
I am not on lithium anymore.
I am transitioning from Zoloft to Prozac and would like if you could tell me how that transition should take place, in terms of balance, in weeks 1 and 2.
My doctor has said to move to 50 of zoloft and 10 mg of prozac, week 1.
25 mg of zoloft and 10 mg, still, in week 2.
Then he begins the next increase.
I was also low on thryoid, and I am on a .5 dosage of synthroid, for the next 4 weeks, at least.
Thanks for the input. I am feeling so bad right now emotionally, that I am concerned with waiting over two weeks, at 10 mg of Prozac.
I just began the Prozac on Tuesday, only 2 days ago.
I am not on lithium anymore.
I am transitioning from Zoloft to Prozac and would like if you could tell me how that transition should take place, in terms of balance, in weeks 1 and 2.
My doctor has said to move to 50 of zoloft and 10 mg of prozac, week 1.
25 mg of zoloft and 10 mg, still, in week 2.
Then he begins the next increase.
I was also low on thryoid, and I am on a .5 dosage of synthroid, for the next 4 weeks, at least.
Thanks for the input. I am feeling so bad right now emotionally, that I am concerned with waiting over two weeks, at 10 mg of Prozac.
I just began the Prozac on Tuesday, only 2 days ago.
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Aug 27, 2004 12:00AM
, Aug 27, 2004 12:00AM
That is a reasonable schedule, but after the first week, you could ask him re accelerating the dose of prozac since it is quite an easy transition between these two medications.
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